Electronic brokerage giant Interactive Brokers has expanded its cryptocurrency offering, allowing customers to fund their accounts with stablecoins.
Interactive brokers he said on Thursday partnered with stablecoin infrastructure provider Zerohash to allow customers to fund their USDC (USDC) accounts on the Ethereum, Solana or Base blockchains.
It added that deposited stablecoins are automatically converted to US dollars and transferred to the customer’s brokerage account, and it also plans to add support for Ripple USD (RLUSD) and PayPal USD (PYUSD) next week.
The company first allowed retail investors to fund individual USDC brokerage accounts in December, and the company was reported to be considering launching its own stablecoin earlier this year.
Stablecoins will solve a ‘critical problem’
Interactive Brokers says stablecoins will solve a “critical problem” in accessing global capital markets, as customary cross-border financing via fiat transfers can be costly and snail-paced.
In contrast, the company said stablecoin financing offers near-instant settlement, with lower costs and no labor hours.
“Stablecoin financing provides international investors with the speed and flexibility required in today’s markets,” said Milan Galik, CEO of Interactive Brokers. “Customers can transfer funds and start trading in minutes while reducing transaction costs.”
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Interactive Brokers began offering crypto services in 2021 for its trading platform that included Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Some other tokens, including Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP) were added in 2025.
Throughout 2025, stablecoins saw significant growth as countries and even banks began to explore the apply of tokens.
In October, the market capitalization of the stablecoin sector surpassed $300 billion for the first time, growing 46.8% year-to-date at the time, primarily driven by Tether (USDT), USDC, and Ethena Labs’ profitable USDe (USDE) stablecoin.
As of Friday, the entire stablecoin market capitalization exceeded $310 billion, According to to the DeFi data aggregator DefiLlama.
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